Reviewed a survey today that was quite different from the norm.?ÿ One of these days I'm going to make a point to drive by and take a look at the fence involved as the area is principally cattle pasture.?ÿ I do not know is this is a new fence or one that has been there for 100 years.?ÿ One party own the north half of a quarter section and a different party owns the south half of that quarter section.?ÿ Apparently a fence exists which ends about 18 feet too far north at one end and something like 2.23 feet too far south on the other.?ÿ Two triangles of land exist on the wrong side of the fence.?ÿ This is now confirmed with great precision (assuming the fence is straight throughout its length).?ÿ There are now descriptions for each triangle so that the parties can deed one triangle to the neighbor while the neighbor deeds the other triangle to the first party.?ÿ Henceforth each will own an aliquot part, plus a certain triangle of the adjoining aliquot part, less a certain triangle out of the existing aliquot part.?ÿ The smaller triangle totals to 449 square feet, I believe.?ÿ The larger one is around 0.48 acres.?ÿ The survey clearly cost more than the total land value involved.
The survey clearly cost more than the total land value involved.
But less than the cost of a new fence.
In all likelihood the two triangles did not exist until some mathemagical deed wizard ceeated them with GPS and a computer.
Sometimes.....the.....less.....we.....know.....the.....better.....off.....we.....are.?ÿ Or, ignorance is bliss.
2.23'; actually 2.23'??ÿ
On an old fence line, in a cow pasture.?ÿ
That's some next level measuring.?ÿ
I've worked in that shop before.
One particular survey sticks in my mind, it was a fenced square and ended up with quit claims surrounding it after we finished the survey. Maybe two original stones were recovered. I wasn't licensed at the time, but I sure questioned if it was the correct procedure for that survey. What pushed me over the edge was a middle of town survey with an old M&B parcel bounded by subdivisions cause the 1890 east line of a subdivision disagreed with the "section breakdown" by 3'. That got a quit claim deed too.......
I shudder when I think about that one.?ÿ
Henceforth each will own an aliquot part, plus a certain triangle of the adjoining aliquot part, less a certain triangle out of the existing aliquot part.
That's making a mockery of the rectangular survey system. ?????ÿ
